Himachal has appointed new secretaries for departments of home, finance, health, and tourism. Srikant Baldi, a 1985-batch IAS officer who was holding the finance charge, is the new principal secretary to the Chief Minister, replacing Manisha Nanda, his batch-mate, who has now been shifted to the PWD and Revenue with the additional charge as Principal Resident Commissioner in New Delhi. Baldi will hand over the charge of agriculture to Onkar Sharma, Principal Secretary (food and supplies). Another significant change is the appointment of B K Aggarwal, also a 1985-batch officer who returned from the central deputation, as the new Home Secretary. He will hold the additional charge of Health and Family Welfare as well as of Financial Commissioner (Appeals). Anil Kumar Khachi, Additional Chief Secretary (PWD), has been made the new finance secretary. He will also be the advisor (coordination) in New Delhi. Tarun Kapoor, Additional CS (Forests), has been posted as Additional CS (Power) while retaining the charge of Forests and getting the additional charge of Environment, Science and Technology and Environment. He will also function as chairman of the HPSEB. Ram Subhag Singh, who had recently joined as Additional CS (Revenue), has been shifted to Tourism and Civil Aviation, besides being given the charge of Urban Development. Prabhat Saxena, who has relinquished the Health charge, will be Principal Secretary (Personnel) in place of RD Dhiman, who will retain Industry and will also get Horticulture. J C Sharma, Principal Secretary (Horticulture), retains Excise and Taxation and IT and also gets Transport additionally. Onkar Sharma, Principal Secretary (Food and Supplies), has been given the charge of Agriculture, besides Tribal Development. Akshay Sood, Secretary (GAD), has been transferred and posted as Secretary (Finance). Dinesh Malhotra, MD HPMC, who was holding charge of Divisional Commissioner Shimla, is posted as Secretary, Youth Services and Sports. Sunil Chaudhary has been appointed as Divisional Commissioner Shimla. Rakesh Kanwar, Director, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, is now Commissioner Excise and Taxation. R N Batta, Secretary (Coordination) in the Chief Minister's Office, has been given charge of GAD, besides being Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj. CP Verma, Director HIPA, has been posted as Director, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj. He will continue to hold his existing charge.